[RFI] toyota Rav4 Hybrid

[Jim]

My observations on a 2015 Prius V:

Mostly from 40 and 20 meter mobile operation: some RFI birdies, etc., with the car on but not moving. Moderate RFI when moving but not pushing the car. Severe RFI (ignition noise, not necessarily hybrid system noise) when under heavy acceleration or trying to maintain highway speeds going up hills.

I have had good success operating the Florida QSO Party mobile from the Prius, mostly on flat road at moderate speeds.


73  -  Jim   K8MR



> On May 14, 2019, at 3:01 AM, Roger (K8RI) <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
> 
> My wife has one of the early Prius hybrids and no problems so far. No noise on VHF, or UHF. I've never operated HF from it, But I've never heard it in the driveway, in the garage under the antennas.In the garage it would have been about 75 feet from the one 75/40 center fed, half wave sloper and 100to 120  feet from the tribander.
> 
> 73, Roger (K8RI)
> 
> On 5/9/2019 11:48 AM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
>> "No hybrid, but a 2014 RAV4 and it is the quietest RFI free vehicle that I have ever owned."
>> 
>> The problems with the hybrids, at least many in the past, has been the exact opposite.  I could hear a Prius without ever seeing one, up to 1/4 mile away.  The newer ones may be quieter, and non-hybrid, irrelevant.
>> 
>> I suggest taking same radios with you, and sniffing around.  I bring in a mixture of LF, MF, HF, VHF, and UHF, and poke around each vehicle when running, with each radio, across many, many hundreds of MHz, before taking into consideration.
>> 
>> I have a new (to me) device that converts energy from DC to 12 GHz, and converts to audio, to sniff around with.
>> 
>> Kurt
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